![]() Why do you think she turns her back on Isis when she seems to need her most, and how does this decision impact the story? In the middle of the book, Selene abandons her faith and removes her frog medallion. ![]() Are their attitudes at all similar and how do they change throughout the course of the plot? Discuss what magic is to the Romans and the attitude that they hold for it, as well as what magic means to Cleopatra’s children and the followers of Isis. There is an emphasis placed on magic throughout the novel. In what way does Selene become more like the emperor than she is like her mother or father? Can these traits be forgiven as the tools of survival or do they represent a fundamental weakness in her character? Selene learns to lie at a very young age and we watch her evolve into a schemer. What role does Selene’s twin brother play in her life? How does her relationship with him differ from any of her other siblings? ![]() How do the powers Cleopatra gives to her children suit each of them, and do you think their characters would have changed had they been matched with another power? In antiquity, girls were considered to be grown women at the age of twelve, but what experiences in Selene’s life made her older and wiser than her years? ![]()
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